Kevin Whitesides wrote: Hey there. As always, thanks for the continual output of quality media. I thought I'd pass along another Mark Pesce gem for you along with a note from Mark for the New Year:

Friends -

Five and a half years ago, for my first presentation at MINDSTATES, I produced a feature length film, Becoming Transhuman, which ran in synchrony with my spoken-word presentation. Shortly afterward I mixed my narration into the film and produced a final version of the film. Then, other than putting it onto DVD and giving it to a few friends, I did nothing with it at all. That was a mistake on my part, because, of all the talks and presentations I've given throughout the years, Becoming Transhuman is hands-down my favorite of the lot. It took 3 months of editing and polishing, but I have to say that even now I'm most proud of this work. It's stood the test of time.

Today - as a sort of New Year's Gift - I am providing you with a torrent file which will give you your very own copy of Becoming Transhuman. Just pop the torrent file into your favorite client - Azureus, or BitTorrent or whatever you like - and you'll join a swarm of peers who are also downloading Becoming Transhuman.

So, I ask you to download a copy of Becoming Transhuman, but, more than this, tell your friends about it. Have them download their own copy. And tell them to tell their friends, etc. The more something is shared, the more valuable it becomes, and it seems to me - in times like these - that the message of Becoming Transhuman is more relevant today than ever before.